Really, if you have to pick on a syndicated newspaper strip there are so many better candidates.
Hi and Lois, Family Circus, Beatle Bailey, B.C., and the fantastically boring soap-opera strips...Garfield isn't fabulous, but it's not bad...and the kids in particular love it.
They're all lousy (almost every syndicated comic I've seen is) but Garfield is much more successful and prestigious than the others. Like I pointed out, a movie, video games, a TV show, books, merchandise, the works.
I just don't see anything to like about it. It's the same few bland jokes repeated over and over for years, and I haven't seen any of the fun supporting characters (Nermal, Arlene, Liz, Irma, Pooky, Jon's family) in a long time.